PPG INDUSTRIES, INCORPORATED

An employee was performing finishing work on a residential driveway when they began to experience body cramps and were hospitalized for heat stress and dehydration.

An employee was staking tomato plants on a farm. The employee began to feel sick and collapsed, suffering from dehydration and heat shock.

An agent was participating in SWAT team selection and was performing various physical fitness skills including running and exercise intervals. The agent experienced dehydration and a muscular injury that required hospitalization.

An employee was traveling back from work when they became ill and experienced dizziness due to heat exhaustion.

On September 26, 2023, an employee was delivering packages when he began to feel ill with a pain in his side. He was hospitalized for heat exhaustion and dehydration.

On August 16, 2025, at approximately 11:15 AM, an employee entered the "pack cell" at a glass fabrication line to unjam glass product from the "pop up". The employee was removing glass product when residual pneumatic energy completed cycling the "pop up". The employee's fingers became caught in the pinch point created between the "pop up" and the conveyor. The employee sustained lacerations and tendon damage to their left index, middle, and ring fingers.

On July 5, 2025, an employee was working to lubricate the chain on an autoclave machine in the coating factory. Their left index finger was caught in the machine resulting in surgical amputation at the first joint. The machine was guarded at the time, but was not locked out/tagged out.

An employee was walking through a facility after returning from break when a forklift ran over their left foot. The employee was hospitalized with fractures to their foot and ankle that required surgery.

An employee was greasing a furnace when their left index finger was caught in a gear and amputated.

On March 4, 2025, an employee was walking when they tripped over a rolled up work mat and fell to the floor. The employee sustained a fractured hip.

An employee was closing a door when the door closed on their right index finger, resulting in a fingertip amputation.

An employee was walking into the motor control center (MCC) room when his right ring finger was caught in the hinge of a doorway. He sustained an open phalanx fracture, which resulted in a partial amputation above the first knuckle.

An employee was changing the spacing on a telehandler's forks. A fork slipped, and the employee's left index finger was caught between it and the mast. The fingertip was medically amputated at the first knuckle.

An employee was pulling down a broken skid with a forklift. When the employee backed up the forklift to get the forks out of the skid he pulled down, he contacted the forks of another parked forklift, fracturing both of his legs. He was hospitalized.

An employee was carrying cups back to the kitchen when her foot got caught on a cart and she fell face-first. During the fall, a piece of glass from a cup cut the inside of her mouth, severing an artery. She also sustained a laceration on her lower lip. The employee was hospitalized.